And then, there's this.
And this.
And then there's his Glow-ball Warming zealotry.
So, you can imagine how happy this news makes me:
The Queen is to hand over a substantial part of her public duties to Prince William to help him prepare for the day when he becomes King, according to a confidential document obtained by The Mail on Sunday.
Secret papers reveal that plans to ease the strain on the 83-year-old monarch and her 88-year-old husband, Prince Philip, are at an advanced stage.
The disclosures come despite months of denials from the Palace that the Queen was planning to step back from her official work in favour of her 27-year-old grandson.
Sidelined? The move will fuel rumours that the Queen believes William, rather than her son Charles, represents the best long-term interests of the monarchy
The information is contained in a briefing note written by Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Treasury officials about new financial arrangements for Prince Charles and his sons.
Key paragraphs, disclosing the reason for the changes, are blacked out.
But this newspaper has obtained an uncensored version of the document which confirms that the Queen is grooming William as a ‘Shadow King’.
Burden: The Queen, now aged 83, is said to need relief from some duties
One blacked-out line states that ‘the Princes [William and Harry] will increasingly incur expenditure when undertaking engagements on behalf of The Queen’.
Another censored section, stressing the key role for William, says that ‘from next year, it is expected that HRH The Prince William will spend a significant part of his time on official engagements . . . we need to put the necessary provisions in place in anticipation of that’.
The leak will add to speculation that the Queen believes William, rather than Charles, represents the best long-term interests of the monarchy, and will raise new questions about the timing of William’s long-anticipated engagement to his girlfriend Kate Middleton.
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Kate Middleton makes Princess Di look like Camilla Parker-Bowles!
Wowza!
Royalty is on the rise ... or something is anyway.
could also have to do with the rumors that charles converted privately to islam.
Yes, that's in the links at the top of the post.
Finally some sanity from the Royals! I've been hoping she'd do an end run around What-Me-Worry Charlie. Poooor Charles -- all those years of dedicated asshattery and in the end the crown may bypass him in favor of the baby mama's eldest boy. I suppose that's mean, they say he's a good father, but the fact remains...
he's a World Class Jerk.
From what I've seen of them so far, I rather fancy Harry over William, but hell, as long as it isn't Charles...
I dunno, Jeppo, I guess this is a guy thing, but Diana was looking pretty good there those last few years.
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